Help with income drop for working tax credits?
Hi all, I start smp on 15 th feb so my income for the coming year will be a drop of approx 7k. When I renewed last yr I earnt 2 much 2 receive any payments and obviously when I renew this yr because...
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i have my sons dla tribunal soon, he has ADHD and need constant care during the night, he was getting middle rate care until he turned 16 then i had to re apply, ive since been taken off it and am...
View ArticleUniversal credit????
Can anyone help me understand this universal credit thing? Who will be affected and what will it mean? Thank you to anyone who can explain it
View ArticleESA Claim gone wrong - Rapid re-claim for some reason?
My dad was refused ESA on the tribunal hearing for having less points. We were told he can possibily put a fresh claim in since the last claim was last year. Decided to put a new claim in, however,...
View ArticleNo money to live on. HELP!
I suffer with bad Anxiety/Panic Attacks and Agoraphobia and have just had my ESA stopped. I was asked three times to attend a medical assessment 9 miles away and my gp asked for a home visit on all...
View Articletax credits 4k difference
can anyone help, my partner has been doin over time since xmas and its expected to last til april but that means hes gonna have earned 4k more than last yr, will this affect my tax credits and if so...
View ArticleLose Your WRAG If You Appeal
I have just been to a tribunal last week for ESA and was awarded 18 points and placed into the WRAG Group. I have read several posts on various different sites and it people say that you are allowed to...
View Articlefuel payments
Hi want to ask this question for my mum she recieves employment support allowance work related activity should she be recieving £25 cold weather payments Thank You
View Articleself employed and working tax credit
So...can anyone help ? Times are hard at the mo being self employed ! My earnings have decreased over the past two years even though I'm still working 35-40 hours a week (an average of £135 per week)...
View ArticleConfused over social worker advice re housing
Sorry if this is wrong section. I am autistic and also have dyspraxia and depression and anxiety(go hand in hand to be honest) I live in a good flat which is very bad maintained to the point the...
View ArticleBenefit and Work annual subscription...
Is it really worth £15.95 for an annual subscription..?? Are the guides that good..? I am currently going through an Atos appeal and am on ESA appeal rate...Would it be worth me paying to look at these...
View ArticleDeprivation of capital question
I am a long time lurker, and am hoping someone might be able to answer this question. My solicitor couldn't answer it, and my local CAB has a 5 week waiting list. I don't know where to ask? Phone DWP...
View ArticleClaiming JSA while on maternity leave
Hello When I rang CTC today to give them my self employed boyfriends confirmed earnings, i was advised that as I was now on unpaid maternity leave I was classed as not working and therefore could not...
View Articleconfused about taking on a short job
I am signing on at the moment as unemployed. I have been offered a job about 10- 15 hours a week. How will this affect me? I presume i still sign on? I will be a fiver a week better off is that right?...
View ArticleHousing benefit
Hi, can anyone tell me if you can claim housing benefit if you live on a narrowboat?? (Mooring fees) thanks, Debbie
View ArticleMaintenance grant -effect on benefits
Hi My son will be 16 in September and will be attending college full time. I currently work part time (having 2 other younger children) and earn about £7500 per year. I receive housing and council tax...
View ArticleUniversal credit - housing element?
I have been looking at the Universal Credit Explanatory Memorandum for the Social Security Advisory Committee document. http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/uc-draft-...memorandum.pdf At point 91, it says; Limit...
View ArticleHave temp job in pipeline - affecting benefits?
Hi, I have been offered a piece of work to do by a friend of a friend who has own company. It will be a 1 off project and I have been offered approx 2k for the work. What I can't find out is how this...
View ArticleESA disability element can anyone explain?
My husband has recently had another medical with ATOS and his letter has come through saying that his ESA will change from April to include a disbility element. Can anyone please explain what this...
View ArticleIncorrect details
Not so much a question more for information and to see if anybody else has had similar experience. Its a bit long winded but please bear with me. I tried calling the tax credit helpline to ask for a...
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